Nancy and Sluggo #185 for Sale - First Appearance of Frieda - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Nancy and Sluggo (Dell, 1960 series)
Issue: #185
Publication date: November-December 1961
Key date: 1961-11-00
On-sale date: 1961-09-14
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Frieda - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1		Nancy, Sluggo
1	Babbling Brooks	comic story	5
2	The Magazine Wreck	comic story	6	script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley, Dan Gormley; inks: Dan Gormley
3	Cash Splash	comic story	4
4	The Big Prize	text story	1	letters: typeset	Willy and Waldo
5	Easy Does It	comic story	6		Mr. McOnion (villain)
6	Surprise Winner	comic story	1
7	Business Venture	comic story	4	script: Dale Hale; pencils: Dale Hale; inks: Dale Hale; colors: Dale Hale	Frieda First
8	Fright Plight	comic story	2
9	Runaway Report Card	comic story	1

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Peanuts Dell Archive #[nn] ISBN 9781684152551	2018	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #18412 of 14#186 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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